A low, rectangle-shaped ceramic vessel with flat walls. The top lip is flat and the feet are small with a carved small swirl detail next to them. It is colored pale seafoam green throughout.
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A low, rectangle-shaped ceramic vessel standing upright on a grey background. It is colored mottled pale seafoam green throughout with tan lines along the lip edges from thinned glaze. It has short, flat walls and the top lip is flat and slightly protrudes out. The feet are small with a carved small swirl detail next to them.

Identification and Creation

Object Number
1942.185.30
Title
Rectangular Basin with Notched Corners and Four Cloud Scroll Feet
Classification
Vessels
Work Type
vessel
Date
probably 15th century
Places
Creation Place: East Asia, China, Henan province
Period
Ming dynasty, 1368-1644
Culture
Chinese
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/205712

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Numbered Jun ware: light gray stoneware with variegated blue glaze; with Chinese numeral 10 (shi) inscribed on base before firing
Technique
Jun
Dimensions
max.: H. 4.3 × W. 18.4 × D. 14.6 cm (1 11/16 × 7 1/4 × 5 3/4 in.)
base max.: W. 15.5 × D. 14.5 cm (6 1/8 × 5 11/16 in.)
weight: 672.7 g
Inscriptions and Marks
  • inscription: incised on base before firing: 十 shi (ten)

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Gift of Ernest B. and Helen Pratt Dane
Accession Year
1942
Object Number
1942.185.30
Division
Asian and Mediterranean Art
Contact
am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
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Publication History

  • Japan Society, Chinese, Corean and Japanese Potteries, exh. cat., Japan Society (New York, NY, 1914), pp. 82-83, no. 293 (illus.)
  • Cleveland Museum of Art, Catalogue of the Inaugural Exhibition, exh. cat., Cleveland Museum of Art (Cleveland, OH, 1916), p. 188, no. 96-97
  • Rose Kerr, Dazzling Official Jun Wares: From Museums and Collections Around the World, ACC Art Books (Hong Kong, 2021), pp. 204-205, no. 134

Subjects and Contexts

  • Jun Ware

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